7 displaced after West Side fire

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A fire in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side displaced seven people, the Chicago Fire Department said.

The fire broke out about midnight on the back porch of a 2-and-a-half story building in the 800-block of North Leclaire Avenue. The fire briefly spread to another building before firefighters doused the flames at about 1 a.m., fire officials said.